قائمة الجماعات العرقية في أفريقيا
الجماعات العرقية في أفريقيا تُعـَد بالآلاف، لكل منها عموماً لغتها (أولهجتها) وثقافتها الخاصة. الجماعات العرقية اللغوية تضم شعوباً متعددة من الأفروآسيوية، الخويسان، النيجر-كونغووالنيلو-صحراوية.
استعراض
The official population count of the various ethnic groups في Africa has في some instances been controversial because certain groups believe populations are blatantly misreported to give other ethnicities numerical superiority (as في the case of Nigeria's Hausa, Fulani, Yoruba وIgbo people).
الجماعات العرقية التالية هي التي يبلغ تعدادهاخمسة مليون نسمة أوأكثر:
وسط أفريقيا
- Luba في جمهورية الكونغوالديمقراطية (ح. 15 مليون)
- Mongo في جمهورية الكونغوالديمقراطية (ح. 15 مليون)
- Kongo في جمهورية الكونغوالديمقراطية, Angola وRepublic of the Congo (ح.عشرة مليون)
- Kanuri في Nigeria,Niger,Chad وCameroon (ح.عشرة مليون)
القرن الأفريقي
- Oromo في إثيوپيا (ح. 30 مليون)
- Amhara في إثيوپيا (ح. 25 مليون)
- Somali في الصومال وجيبوتي وإثيوپيا وكنيا (ح. 16-19 مليون)
- Tigrayans في إثيوپيا (ح.تسعة مليون)
- Tigrinyas في Eritrea (ح. ثلاثة مليون)
- Afar في إرتريا وجيبوتي وإثيوپيا(c. 4-5 مليون)
شمال أفريقيا
- المغاربيون في المغرب العربي (ح. 110 مليون)، بما في ذلك الأمازيغ في موريتانيا والمغرب (بما في ذلك الصحراء الغربية)، الجزائر وتونس وليبيا (ح. 30 مليون)
- Egyptians في Egypt (ح. 91 مليون), including Copts في Egypt وSudan (ح. 15 مليون) وtribes such as the two largest في North Sinai, the al-Tarabin tribe وthe al-Sawarka tribe.
جنوب شرق أفريقيا
- Hutu في Rwanda, Burundi, وDemocratic Republic of Congo (ح. 15 مليون)
- Chewa في Malawi وZambia (ح. 15 مليون)
أفريقيا الجنوبية
- Shona في زمبابوى وموزمبيق (ح. 15 مليون)
- Zulu في جنوب أفريقيا (ح.عشرة مليون)
- Xhosa في جنوب أفريقيا (ح. 8.1 مليون)
- Xitsonga في South Africa , Mozambique وZimbabwe (ح. 12 million )
- Sotho في جنوب أفريقيا وLesotho (ح. 6.4 مليون)
- Tswana في جنوب أفريقيا وبوتسوانا (ح.ستة مليون)
- Kalanga في جنوب أفريقيا وبوتسوانا وZimbabwe (ح. 1 مليون)
غرب أفريقيا
- Ethnic groups of Rivers State في Nigeria
- Yoruba في Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast وSierra Leone (ح. 40 مليون)
- Igbo في Nigeria (c.over 40 مليون)
- Hausa في Nigeria, Niger, Benin, Ghana, Cameroon, Chad وSudan (ح. 35 مليون)
- Mande peoples في The Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Liberia, Guinea Bissau, Niger, Mauritania وChad (ح. 30 مليون)
- Akan في Ghana وIvory Coast (ح. 20 مليون)
- Fulɓe في Mauritania, Gambia. Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Nigeria, Cameroon, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Benin, Niger, Chad, Sudan, CAR, Ghana, Togo, وSierra Leone (ح. 20 مليون)
قائمة الشعوب الأفريقية
وسط أفريقيا
الاسم | العائلة | اللغة | المنطقة | البلد | التعداد (بالمليون) | ملاحظات |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aka | Nilo-Saharan, Pygmy | Aka | Central/Northern | Western Central African Republic, Northwest Congo | The Aka are one of three groups of pygmies, collectively called BaMbuti, of the Ituri Rainforest | |
Baka | Pygmy | Baka | Central/Northern | Western Equatoria في South Sudan | 0.25 | There is also another ethnic group called Baka living across West Africa. |
Banda | Niger-Congo, Ubangian | Banda language | Chad Basin | Central African Republic | 1.5 | |
Chewa | Niger–Congo, Bantu | Chichewa | Central/Southern | بوتسوانا, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe | 9 | |
Chokwe | Niger–Congo, Bantu | Chokwe | Central | Angola, Congo (Kinshasa), Zambia | 1.1 | |
Efé | Nilo-Saharan, Pygmy | Efe | Central/Northern | Ituri Rainforest of Congo | The Efe are one of three groups of pygmies, collectively called BaMbuti, of the Ituri Rainforest | |
Gbaya | Niger-Congo, Ubangian | Gbaya language | Chad Basin | Central African Republic | 1.5 | |
Kongo | Niger–Congo, Bantu | Kongo | Central | جمهورية الكونغوالديمقراطية, Angola, Republic of the Congo | 10 | |
Kanuri | Nilo-Saharan, Western Saharan | Kanuri | Chad Basin | Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Chad | 10 | |
Lingala | Niger–Congo, Bantu | Lingala | Central | جمهورية الكونغوالديمقراطية, Republic of the Congo, Angola, Central African Republic | ||
Luba | Niger–Congo, Bantu | Luba-Kasai, Luba-Katanga | Central | جمهورية الكونغوالديمقراطية | 13 | |
Kotoko | Afro-Asiatic, Chadic | Lagwan | Chad Basin | Cameroon, Chad | < 1 | |
Mbunda | Niger–Congo, Bantu | Mbúùnda, Chimbúùnda, Mpuono | Central | Angola, Zambia | 0.5 | |
Mbundu | Niger–Congo, Bantu | Kimbundu | Central | Angola | 2.4 | |
Moghamo | Niger-Congo, Southern Bantoid | Moghamo | Central/West | Cameroon | 0.018 | |
Mongo | Niger–Congo, Bantu | Mongo | Central | جمهورية الكونغوالديمقراطية | 12 | |
Ngamambo | Niger-Congo, Southern Bantoid | Ngamambo | Central/West | Cameroon | 0.011 | |
Ovimbundu | Niger–Congo, Bantu | Umbundu | Central | Angola | 4.6 | |
Sara | Nilo-Saharan, Central Sudanic | Sara | Chad Basin | Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic | 3.5 | |
Sua | Nilo-Saharan, Pygmy | Sua | Central/Northern | Ituri Rainforest of Congo | The Sua are one of three groups of pygmies, collectively called BaMbuti, of the Ituri Rainforest | |
Zande | Niger–Congo, Ubangian | Zande | Chad Basin | South Sudan, Central African Republic | 1-4 | |
Zaghawa | Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Saharan | Zaghawa | Chad Basin | Chad, Sudan | < 1 |
القرن الأفريقي
الاسم | العائلة | اللغة | المنطقة | البلد | التعداد (بالمليون) | ملاحظات |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Afar | Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic | Afar | القرن الأفريقي | إثيوپيا, Djibouti, Eritrea | 2.5 | |
Agaw | Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic | Agaw | القرن الأفريقي | إثيوپيا, Eritrea | 1 | |
Amhara | Afro-Asiatic, Semitic | Amharic | القرن الأفريقي | إثيوپيا | 24 | |
Beja | Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic | Beja | القرن الأفريقي | Sudan, Eritrea | 2 | |
Bilen | Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic | Bilen | القرن الأفريقي | Eritrea | 0.2 | |
Gurage | Afro-Asiatic, Semitic | Gurage | القرن الأفريقي | إثيوپيا | 1.9 | |
Oromo | Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic | Oromo | القرن الأفريقي | إثيوپيا, Sudan, Kenya | 40 | |
Rashaida | Afro-Asiatic, Semitic | Arabic | القرن الأفريقي | Eritrea, Sudan | 0.2 | |
Saho | Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic | Saho | القرن الأفريقي | Eritrea, إثيوپيا | 0.2 | |
Sidama | Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic | Sidama | القرن الأفريقي | إثيوپيا | 3 | |
Somali | Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic | Somali | القرن الأفريقي | Somalia, إثيوپيا, Djibouti وKenya | 16-19 | |
Tigrayan | Afro-Asiatic, Semitic | Tigrinya | القرن الأفريقي | إثيوپيا | 9 | |
Tigre | Afro-Asiatic, Semitic | Tigre | القرن الأفريقي | Eritrea, Sudan | 1.5 | |
Tigrinya | Afro-Asiatic, Semitic | Tigrinya | القرن الأفريقي | Eritrea | 3.4 | |
Welayta | Afro-Asiatic, Omotic | Wolaytta | القرن الأفريقي | إثيوپيا | 2 |
شمال أفريقيا
الاسم | العائلة | اللغة | المنطقة | البلد | التعداد (بالمليون) | ملاحظات |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baggara | Afro-Asiatic, Semitic | Sudanese Arabic | Chad Basin | Sudan, Chad | 1 | |
Berbers | Afro-Asiatic, Berber | Berber | Maghreb | Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Tunisia, Egypt | 30+ | |
Copts | Afro-Asiatic, Egyptian | Coptic | Nile Valley | Egypt, Sudan | 40 | |
Egyptians | Afro-Asiatic, Semitic | Egyptian Arabic | Nile Valley | Egypt | 91 | |
Fur | Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic | Fur | Nile Valley | Sudan | 1.0 | |
Haratin | Afro-Asiatic, Semitic | Hassaniya Arabic | Maghreb | Mauritania, Morocco | 2 | |
Maghrebis | Afro-Asiatic, Semitic | Maghrebi Arabic | Maghreb | Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya | 88 | |
Moors | Afro-Asiatic, Semitic | Hassaniya Arabic | Maghreb | Mauritania, Morocco | 2 | |
Nubians | Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic | Nobiin | Nile Valley | Sudan, Egypt | 1.0 | |
Tuareg | Afro-Asiatic, Berber | Tuareg | Maghreb/Sahara | Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso | 1.2 | |
Toubou | Nilo-Saharan | Tebu | Tibesti | Libya, Chad, Niger, Sudan | 0.35 | |
Zaghawa | Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Saharan | Zaghawa | Chad Basin | Chad, Sudan | 0.2 |
جنوب شرق أفريقيا
الاسم | العائلة | اللغة | المنطقة | البلد | التعداد (بالمليون) | ملاحظات |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alur | Nilo-Saharan, Nilotic, Luo | Alur | East/Central | Uganda, جمهورية الكونغوالديمقراطية | ||
Anuak | Nilo-Saharan, Nilotic, Luo | Anuak | Southeast/Horn | South Sudan, إثيوپيا | ||
Acholi | Nilo-Saharan, Nilotic, Luo | Acholi | East | Uganda, South Sudan | ||
Banyoro | Niger–Congo, Bantu | Nyoro (Runyakitara) | East | Uganda | 1.4 | |
Chagga | Niger-Congo, Bantu | Bantu | Kilimanjaro | Tanzania | 8 | |
Dinka | Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic | Dinka | Nile Valley | South Sudan | 5 | |
Ganda | Niger–Congo, Bantu | Ganda | East | Uganda | 3 | |
Langi | Nilo-Saharan, Nilotic, Luo | Lango | East | Uganda | 2.2 | |
Hutu | Niger–Congo, Bantu | Rwanda-Rundi | East, Central | Rwanda, Burundi, جمهورية الكونغوالديمقراطية, Uganda | 16 | |
Kamba | Niger–Congo, Bantu | Kamba | East | Kenya | ||
Kalenjin | Nilo-Saharan, Nilotic, Highland | Kalenjin | East | Kenya | 3 | |
Kikuyu | Niger–Congo, Bantu | Gikuyu | East | Kenya | 5.3 | |
Kwama | Nilo-Saharan | Kwama | East/Horn | South Sudan, إثيوپيا | ||
Lugbara people | Nilo-Saharan, Central Sudanic | Lugbara | East | Uganda, جمهورية الكونغوالديمقراطية | 11 | |
Luo | Nilo-Saharan, Luo, River-Lake | Luo | East | Kenya | ||
Luhya | Niger–Congo, Bantu | Luhya | East | Kenya | 5.4 | |
Maasai | Nilo-Saharan, Nilotic, Plains | Maasai | East | Kenya, Tanzania | 0.9 | |
Makonde | Niger–Congo, Bantu | Makonde | Southeast | Tanzania, Mozambique | 1.3 | |
Ameru | Niger–Congo, Bantu | Meru | East | Kenya | ||
Nuer | Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic | Nuer | Nile Valley | South Sudan | 3 | |
Samburu | Nilo-Saharan, Nilotic, Plains | Samburu | East | Kenya | 0.1 | |
Shilluk | Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Nilotic, Luo | Shilluk | Nile Valley | South Sudan | 1.5 | |
Swahili | Niger-Congo, Bantu | Swahili | East | Tanzania, Kenya, Mozambique | 0.1 | |
Tutsi | Niger–Congo, Bantu | Rwanda-Rundi | East, Central | Rwanda, Burundi, جمهورية الكونغوالديمقراطية, Uganda | 3 | |
Twa | Pygmy | Rundi, Kiga | East, Central | Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, جمهورية الكونغوالديمقراطية | 0.8 |
أفريقيا الجنوبية
الاسم | العائلة | اللغة | المنطقة | البلد | التعداد (بالمليون) | ملاحظات |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Afrikaner | Indo-European | Afrikaans | South | South Africa, Namibia | 3.5 | |
Ambo (Ovambo, Owambo) | Niger–Congo, Bantu | Ovambo | South | Namibia | 0.9 | |
Bembi | Niger–Congo, Bantu | Bemba | South | Zambia | 5.0 | |
Cape Coloured | Indo-European | Afrikaans | South | South Africa | 4.7 | |
Herero | Niger–Congo, Bantu | Herero | South | Namibia, بوتسوانا, Angola | 0.2 | |
Himba | Niger–Congo, Bantu | Otjihimbo (Herero dialect) | South | Namibia | 0.05 | |
Goffal | Indo-European | Zimbabwean English | South | Zimbabwe | 0.03 | |
Kalanga | Niger–Congo, Bantu | Shona | South | Zimbabwe | 0.1 | |
Khoikhoi | Khoisan | Khoekhoegowab | South | - | ||
Lemba | Niger-Congo, Bantu | Venda | South | Zimbabwe, South Africa, Malawi, Mozambique | 0.05 | |
Makua | Niger–Congo, Bantu | Makua | South/East | Mozambique, Tanzania | 1.1 | |
Nambya | Niger–Congo, Bantu | Shona | South | Zimbabwe | 0.1 | |
North Ndebele | Niger-Congo, Bantu, Nguni | Sindebele | South | Zimbabwe | 1.5 | |
San | Khoisan | Khoisan | South | South Africa, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Mozambique, Swaziland, بوتسوانا, Namibia, Angola | 0.09 | |
South Ndebele | Niger–Congo, Bantu | Southern Ndebele | South | South Africa | 0.7 | |
Shona | Niger–Congo, Bantu | Shona | South | Mozambique, Zimbabwe | 10.6 | |
Sotho | Niger–Congo, Bantu | Sotho | South | Lesotho, South Africa, Zimbabwe (Gwanda District) | 5.3 | |
Swazi | Niger-Congo, Bantu, Nguni | Swazi | South | Swaziland, South Africa, Mozambique | 3.5 | |
Tonga | Niger–Congo, Bantu | Shona | South | Zimbabwe, Zambia | 2 | |
Tsonga | Niger-Congo, Bantu, Nguni | Swazi | South | Swaziland, South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe (Chiredzi وMwenezi Districts) | 5.5 | |
Tswana | Niger–Congo, Bantu | Tswana | South | بوتسوانا, South Africa, Zimbabwe | 4.5 | |
Venda | Niger–Congo, Bantu | Venda | South | South Africa, Zimbabwe | 1 | |
Xhosa | Niger-Congo, Bantu, Nguni | Xhosa | South | South Africa | 7.9 | |
Yeyi | Niger–Congo, Bantu | Shiyeyi | South | Namibia, بوتسوانا, Angola | 0.3 | |
Zulu | Niger-Congo, Bantu, Nguni | Zulu | South | South Africa | 10.6 | |
Kalanga | Niger-Congo, Bantu, Nguni | kalanga language | South | بوتسوانا, Zimbabwe, بوتسوانا | 1 |
غرب أفريقيا
الاسم | العائلة | اللغة | المنطقة | البلد | التعداد (بالمليون) | ملاحظات |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Akan | Niger–Congo, Kwa | Akan | West | South Ghana, Ivory Coast | 20 | An ethnic group of related sub-groups. The largest subgroups are the Ashanti وthe Fante |
Aku | (Creole) | Aku | West | Gambia | 0.01 | |
Baka | Niger Congo, Ubangian | Baka | West/Central | Southeastern Cameroon, Northern Congo, Northern Gabon | 0.3-0.4 | The Baka are also known as Bebayaka, Bebayaga, or Bibaya, or (along with the other Mbenga peoples) the derogatory Babinga. |
Bambara | Niger–Congo, Mande | Bambara | West | Mali | 3 | |
Basaa | Niger–Congo, Bantu | Basaa | West | Cameroon | 0.2 | |
Bassa | Niger–Congo, Kru | Bassa | West | Liberia | 0.3 | |
Beti-Pahuin | Niger–Congo, Bantu | Ewondo, Fang, Bulu | West | Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, São Tomé وPríncipe | 3.3 | group of 20 sub-ethnicities |
Biafada | Niger–Congo | Biafada | West | Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau | 0.04 | |
Mole-Dagbani | Niger–Congo, Gur | Dagbani | West | Ghana, Burkina Faso | 8.6 | Dagomba, Mamprusi, Nanumba, Mossi, Gurma |
Dendi | Niger–Congo | Dendi | West | Benin | 0.1 | |
Edo (also called Bini, or Benin) | Niger–Congo, Edo | Edo | West | Nigeria | 1.6 | |
Efik | Niger–Congo, Cross River | Ibibio-Efik | West | Nigeria, Cameroon | 0.9 | |
Eket | Niger–Congo, Cross River | Eket (Ibibio dialect) | West | Nigeria, Cameroon | 0.3 | |
Esan | Niger–Congo, Kwa | Esan | West | Nigeria | 0.5 | |
Ewe | Niger–Congo, Gbe | Ewe | West | Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Volta Region (British Togoland), Togoland | 4.8 | |
Fon | Niger–Congo | Fon | West | Benin, Nigeria | 3.5 | |
Fulɓe | Niger–Congo, Senegambian | Pular/Fulfulde | West | Guinea, Nigeria, Cameroon, Mali, Burkina Faso, Benin, Niger, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Chad, Togo, Ivory Coast | 20 | |
Ga | Niger–Congo, Kwa | Ga, Ga-Adangme | West | Togo, Greater Accra | 2 | |
Gwari | West | Nigeria | 1 | |||
Hausa | Afro-Asiatic, Chadic | Hausa | West/Northern | Nigeria, Niger, Ghana, Benin, Chad, Cameroon, Sudan | 37 | |
Igbo (Ibo) | Niger–Congo, Volta–Niger | Igbo | West | Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea | 43 | Includes various subgroups. |
Ijaw | Niger–Congo, Ijoid | Ijaw | West | Nigeria | 14 | Sub-groups include Andoni, Ibani, Kalabari, Nembe, Ogbia وOkrika. |
Jola | Niger–Congo, Senegambian | Jola, Kriol | West | Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau | 0.5 | |
Kanuri | Nilo-Saharan, Western Saharan | Kanuri | Chad Basin | Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Chad | 10 | |
Mandinka | Niger–Congo, Mande | Mandingo | West/Central | The Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Guinea Bissau, Ghana, Benin, Niger, Nigeria, Mauritania, Chad | 13 | |
Mande South | Niger–Congo, Mande | Dan, Mano وKpelle | West | Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, | 3.5 | |
Marka | Niger–Congo, Mande | Marka | West/Northern | Mali | 0.4 | |
Mende | Niger–Congo, Mande | Mende | West | Sierra Leone | 2 | |
Papel | Niger–Congo | Papel | West | Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau | 0.1 | |
Serer | Niger–Congo, Senegambian | Serer, Cangin | West | Found mostly في Senegal وThe Gambia. Small number في Mauritania. Also found في the West. | 1.9 | The Serer people include: Serer-Sine, Serer-Safene, Serer-Ndut, Serer-Palor, Serer-Niominka, Serer-Laalaa, Serer-Noon. Apart from the Serer-Sine, they speak Cangin languages rather than Serer. |
Songhai | Nilo-Saharan | Songhai | West | Mali | 5 | |
Tiv | Niger–Congo, Bantu | Tiv | West | Nigeria, Cameroon | 2 | |
Urhobo | Niger–Congo, Volta–Niger | Urhobo, Isoko, Uvwie, Erhowa, Okpe | West | Nigeria | 3-4 | The Isoko People claim to be a distinct ethnic group. |
Wolof | Niger–Congo, Senegambian | Wolof | West | Senegal, The Gambia, Mauritania | 4 | |
Yoruba | Niger–Congo, Volta–Niger | Yoruba | West | Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Ivory CoastSierra Leone | 45 | |
Zarma | Nilo-Saharan | Zarma | West | Niger | 5 |
انظر أيضاً
- الشتات الأفريقي
- Bantu peoples
- Native Africans
- Brown (racial classification)
- Capoid
- Caucasoid
- Demographics of Africa
- Demographics of the Arab League
- Indigenous peoples of Africa
- Languages of Africa
- Negroid
- Recent African origin of modern humans
- Native Europeans
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